Butterfly

You know it started in a time when I couldn't fly Last night I found a new bruise sitting by her eyes No matter how many times we left our home at 9 We pulled back to the jailor waiting at the cell at 5 So tell me how do daughters look up to their mama's eyes? If she's been blinded by her life for the longest time I can't wait for the day when I take flight Time is my luxury, so let me live my life I will fly Beyond my cries To a place that's mine I will fly Mama my Don't you cry Friends be asking like yo where your daddy at And I'd be lying to your faces like he working at The latest hour sorry guys maybe next year, tears fit On my tongue, he at home sipping on my spirit Rushing home around my neck with the good news His kind words choked me like kid go to your room I can't wait for the day when I take flight Time is my luxury, so let me live my life I will fly Beyond my cries To a place that's mine I will fly Beyond my cries To a place that's mine Mama sleeps beside the bottle for our peace of mind Strange how she treats a stranger with more care than her own kind Kinda how he never looked at me with those eyes Every time Every time You saw me in your gaze Trying to steal it from you But I'm just the haze Just look at my face I don't wanna be a phase You know we could've been (Hey) I know we would've been (Hey) They know we should've been (Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey) Where's my lullaby dad? Where's my lullaby dad? This your lullaby dad This your lullaby dad Once a while came a night he came to me Hands running through my hair old timer tears falling free Then a kiss on my crown that don't feel like mine Can a clock still be right if it just needed time from the world Is a dream still a dream if I let it free that easy Here you come again on mama, I ain't let you go that easy When I take flight